note: my initial post about formats and filenames was specifying wrong filenames and format for the forum.i've converted those already sent to me, but future entries should use the formats now shown here:http://www.donationc...dex.php?topic=2802.0

i.e.in the future the forum images should also be png and named topbanner_forum.png and sliver_forum.png

Just a minor warning:@qrade: i think there's something in the top of the image you submited. the small black-to-white gradient at the top is not the same in the banner as in the expander. I don't think i explained this well, please look at the top of the banner on the testpage: http://www.donationc...er/qrade1/index.html

can i just ask, if the new banners follow a completely different colour scheme to the rest of the forum (as it is at the moment), then, will the forum colour layout be changed to match a winning banner that has a novel set of colours?

i.e. are we keeping the colour scheme throughout the forum consistent or doesn't it matter?

I like the one with the talking heads - I think the bubble with the dollar sign in should be a bit smaller, though, and perhaps the dollar sign could be in (parentheses), to show that donation is optional? Just an idea

Nice... I like the talking heads. Specially the second one, because it gives a more world-wide look of donationcoder.com.I also support the $ issue, if it's to be there, it should be "disguised".I think the way wreklessxx made the cut-out part looks better, though.

Oh... I've just noticed that the first one you submited had cody on the background!! I wonder how the keys one would look with the 0101 on the background..

maybe a heart with a gold coin in it? or just the gold coin? or just the heart?

i might be over-analyzing, but i like how in the first talking heads one, the guy speaking $ is not isolated from the rest. otherwise it feels like too much emphasis on the $. but when he is just one of the others it feels more appropriate.

thanks all for the great suggestions, i think they are all excellent ideas - i will do a few edits later on today.

(i'd just like to say that i knew the dollar sign was going to become a talking point but i quickly accepted it as i thought of it as donationcoder is place that talks about the value of software - i wasn't thinking that the dollar represented a symbol for donations. i do appreciate that i had to invent that line of thought so it wouldn't really be the first thing that visitors would think of.)

oh dear, i've just checked how the banners work when viewed with the rest of the page content - i see there are some issues with my colours matching across the slivers.

i wonder if it might be possible to make the bottom left inset thing where page title is shown, into a fully "bordered" cutout (like rounded renctangle or elipse), instead of it cutting of the entire bottom left. does that make sense? i mean like still show a tiny amount of the left and bottom border of the banner like th right and top sides show? would that look good?

i wonder if it might be possible to make the bottom left inset thing where page title is shown, into a fully "bordered" cutout (like rounded renctangle or elipse), instead of it cutting of the entire bottom left. does that make sense? i mean like still show a tiny amount of the left and bottom border of the banner like th right and top sides show? would that look good?